Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how I use them, and your choices regarding them.

WHAT ARE COOKIES

Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third-party to recognise you and make your next visit easier and provide some information to the website owner about your visit.

If you would like to check or change which cookies you currently accept, this can normally be altered within your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all / some cookies. If you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential ones) you may not be able to access all or certain parts of the site.

I host my website on Squarespace. To find out which cookies they use which are functional and required for the site to work correctly please click here.

HOW THIS SITE USES COOKIES

PERFORMANCE AND ANALYTICSCookies help me analyse how my website is being accessed and used, and enables me to track performance. I use Google Analytics and Squarespace Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour patterns. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from, and the pages they visited, so I can improve the site and my marketing campaigns. The information is processed in a way which does not identify anyone personally. Click here to find out more about how Google safeguards data and here for the Squarespace Privacy Policy.

THIRD PARTIESThird Party Services may use cookies to help you sign into their services from this website. Any such third party cookie usage is governed by the policy of the third party placing the cookie.

SECURITY AND OPTING OUT

Although cookies don't store any of your personal information, they do allow things like keep items in your shopping cart between visits etc. Whether you want to accept cookies or not is up to you. The Help section of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies or how to disable cookies altogether.